YOU might look at the label on your clothes before washing to see which temperature is recommended. But are you able to identify the other symbols? The laundry care symbols on labels include ...

Wash cold – a bowl of water with 30°C printed inside ... Do not tumble dry – a square with a circle inside it, with a cross over the whole symbol. If the label says you shouldn't tumble ...

For instance, when you see a bucket brimming with water crossed ... image with a circle inside is a warning against tumble drying the item. Moreover, an X over an iron symbol means do not iron ...

From left to right, they are: Washtub (washing) Triangle (bleaching) Iron (ironing) Circle (dry ... dots or numbers inside it, representing the recommended maximum water temperature.

Consider the bucket filled with water symbol, if there's an X on it ... while an X over a square with a circle inside means tumble drying is a no-go. If there's an X over an iron symbol, ironing ...

The circle is also important ... Depending on what is inside the water on the symbol, you'll need to wash your laundry at different temperatures. The numbers correlate directly to the temperature ...